Statewide Transit Plan Open House with CDOT and DRCOG May 12, 2014
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Transcript of Statewide Transit Plan Open House with CDOT and DRCOG May 12, 2014
Part 1 – Background
Part 2 – Transit Related Elements
Part 3 – 2040 RTP Timeline
Plan and prioritize major transportation investments
Collaborative decision-making & public involvement
Long range (20+ yrs) regional transportation plan: Fiscally constrained (costs = revenues)
Major transportation projects identified
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Identifies federally funded projects and services
Protect air quality
♦ Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)
♦ Regional Transportation District (RTD)
♦56 Local Governments of DRCOG
♦USDOT – Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
& Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
♦Regional Air Quality Commission (RAQC)
♦Denver Regional Mobility & Access Council (DRMAC)
♦Transportation Management Associations (TMAs)
♦ Interest Groups / General Public
Accommodate 1+ million more
residents and 0.7 million more jobs
1 in 4 persons aged 60+ by 2035
Maintain and enhance quality of life
and economic viability for persons of
all ages, incomes and abilities
Limited funding
Where will people live and work? Housing supply & price, labor force
Job types and location
Typical work week
Where will people shop, recreate, go
to school, obtain health services? Seniors, students, lower-income persons
How will they travel? What mobility
options? Roads (construct and maintain)
Transit service (RTD)
Accessibility for bicyclists and pedestrians
2040 Metro Vision RTP (MVRTP): Metro Vision goals and policies Includes Fiscally Constrained RTP Vision (unfunded) projects – illustrative only
2040 Fiscally Constrained RTP Meet federal requirements: Air Quality Conformity & Fiscal Constraint
Projects and category allocations ―Individual projects: regionally significant roadway & rapid transit ―Allocations for preservation, maintenance, transit, bicycle,
pedestrian, etc. (not specific projects)
20 + years Metro Vision
Transit, Roads,
O&M, TDM,
Bicycle &
Pedestrian
Reasonably
expected
funding
Unfunded
Federal fuel tax (no increase since 1993)
Federal general fund
State fuel tax (no increase since 1991)
State FASTER (fees, registration)
RTD sales & use taxes + fare box revenues
Local governments, tolling, & private
Implements the RTP
Projects funded during the next 4 years Real money
Explicit funding years and sources
Lists every project to receive federal
transportation funds
Most projects “selected” by either DRCOG
or CDOT
Required by MAP-21 federal legislation
Used to define eligible FTA 5310 projects
Will be part of 2040 RTP
Describes existing coordinated transportation activities
Outline for future coordinated transportation activities
Fund specific projects
Preclude local coordination plans
Underway: Defining available revenues
Defining fiscally constrained and “vision” rapid transit system
Summer: Refine goals, policies, and action strategies
Prepare initial transit related documentation
September: Complete initial draft Plan documents
October-December: Public hearings, adoption